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In a bold signal of American political resolve and military might, the President directed the US Navy to send a destroyer into a contested area of the South China Sea, where Chinese military forces have been creating artificial islands to bolster their … [Read more...]

It's no secret that China has been dramatically building up its military capacity for years. Buoyed by its massive economic potential, China is now putting itself squarely on course to compete against the US militarily as well as economically. While still a distant 2nd to the US in terms of military spending, China has not been afraid to telegraph its political intentions or … [Read more...]

Can someone tell me exactly how many three-and four-star generals have been fired for publicly disagreeing with the Obama Administration? I know of one ‘official’ firing but several other retirements seem suspicious. GEN Stanley McChrystal was cashiered after some unflattering things attributed to him appeared in Rolling Stone, but I am not sure I believe the … [Read more...]

President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s embattled head of state, recently revealed a laundry list of political demands he intends to put forth as preconditions for continued US military involvement in Afghanistan past 2014. These demands include financial incentives, security guarantees, a stipulation that US military members will not enter Afghan homes, and apparently some kind … [Read more...]

The majority of the talk surrounding the release of Sergeant Bowe Berghdal has been in relation to his actions leading up to his eventual living arrangement with Haqqani network terrorists. I think it is safe to say at this point that Sergeant Berghdal was the one responsible for his own captivity, and that it certainly was not a traditional prisoner of war situation. I also … [Read more...]

So this Syria thing keeps getting better and better. And by better, I mean worse. A lot worse.Seeking to allay the concerns many Americans have about picking sides in a dangerous and bloody civil war in which the U.S. is, at best, peripherally interested, US Secretary of State John Kerry observed that there are up to 100,000 oppositionists fighting against the Assad … [Read more...]

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